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The Recreational Frontier : Ecotourism in Laos as Ecorational Instrumentality
This study treats ecotourism in National Protected Areas of Lao PDR as a “recreational frontier” which instrumentalizes the recreation of human natures in capitalism’s centers for that of nonhuman natures at capitalism’s (closing) frontiers. This world-ecological practice of ecorational instrumentality – i.e. of nature domination in the name of “Nature” – presents a remedy for c…
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- 9783863952464
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- 295p
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- 306.481909594 KLE
Globalization and capitalist geopolitics : sovereignty and state power in a m…
In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and economic instability this title provides an authoritative yet accessible commentary on debates on capitalism and globalization in the wake of the financial crisis.
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- 9781315798165
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- xvi, 267
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- 327.1
Kingdom of Nokia : how a nation served the needs of one company
Kingdom of Nokia tells a fascinating story of corporatism in Finland. How did the mobile phone giant Nokia make the Finnish elite willing to serve the interests of the company? Nokia became a global player in mobile communications in the 1990s, and helped establish Anglo-Saxon capitalism in Finland. Through its success and strong lobbying, the company managed to capture the attention of Finnish…
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- 9789523690318
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- x + 265 p
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- 338.76213094897 CAR k
Social Capital Online : Alienation and Accumulation
"What is ‘social capital’? The enormous positivity surrounding it conceals the instrumental economic rationality underpinning the notion as corporations silently sell consumer data for profit. Status chasing is just one aspect of a process of transforming qualitative aspects of social interactions into quantifiable metrics for easier processing, prediction, and behavioural shaping. A work o…
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- 9781911534570
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- xxiv, 161p. : ill
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- 303.4833 KAN s
Seeking the Best Master : State Ownership in the Varieties of Capitalism
The economic crisis of 2008–2009 signaled the end of the post-Washington consensus on restricting the role of the state in economic and development policy. Since then, state ownership and state intervention have increased worldwide. This volume offers a comparative analysis of the evolution of direct state intervention in the economy through state-owned companies in Austria, Brazil, France, G…
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- 9789633863213
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- 380p : ill
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- 338.62 SEE s
Sustainable enterprise value creation : implementing stakeholder capitalism t…
This Open Access book provides a practical guide to the creation of sustainable enterprise value and implementation of the principles of stakeholder capitalism for corporate boards and management teams. The authors argue that business leadership is on the threshold of a new era driven by major shifts in technology, society, political economy and climate change. They set this transition in inter…
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- 9783030935603
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- xvii, 289p. : ill.
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- 338.927 SAM s
COVID-19 And Capitalism
This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of Covid-19. From the end of 2019 until presently, the world has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the cause of this is (obviously) a virus, the extent to which this virus spread, and therefore the number of infections and deaths, was largely determined by socio-economic factors. From this, i…
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- 9783030929015
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- Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
Paradoxes Of Digital Disengagement
Life is increasingly governed and mediated through digital and smart technologies, platforms, big data and algorithms. However, the reasons, practices and impact of how the digital is used by different institutions are often deeply linked to social oppression and injustice. Similarly, the ability to resist these digital impositions is based on inequality and privilege. Challenging the ways in w…
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- 9781914386336
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- Educational: Social sciences
Democracy, markets and the commons : towards a reconciliation of freedom and …
How can we overcome the existing political, economic, and ecological crises that humanity faces? With the notion of the commons, Lukas Peter argues that this form of social organization can provide answers to the shortcomings of centralized states and open and competitive markets. By building on and going beyond the work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom, he develops an ecological understanding of t…
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- 9783839454244
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- 334 p. : ill.
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- 300 PET d
Artificial intelligence in the Capitalist University : academic labour, commo…
Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book offers nuanced examination of the impacts of AI on the control and regulation of academic work and l…
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- 9781003081654
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- VII, 173 p.
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- Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism,
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- 378.17344678 PRE a
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